Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
TACITUSFear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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